CHDO Train and Sustain 1 and 2

About

The Community Housing and Development Organization Train and Sustain program is an educational seminar for established and newly aspiring neighborhood based organizations involved in the development of affordable housing production. The classes are split up into eight (8) sessions, dealing with important issues that will assist in sustaining affordable housing development in several Louisville Metro neighborhoods. The classes are open to any certified or soon to become certified organization, through the Louisville Metro Department of Housing’s checklist of requirements. (See checklist) The classes are an open seminar style with outside experts in different fields sitting down with organizational representatives and providing insightful and applicable information.

The CHDO Train and Sustain program began in January 2005 with funding from the Louisville Metro Department of Housing and Community Development External Agency grant. Our inaugural class had twenty-four (24) attendees representing eleven (11) organizations.

In March of 2006 the CHDO Train and Sustain II program was launched as a partnership with the University of Louisville and Metropolitan Housing Coalition’s Non-Profit Housing Alliance. The CHDO TS II program is a studio style class for established neighborhood based development organizations. Each organization brought in their own project and presented them before their group of peers, which in turn allowed for advice, technical assistance and learning opportunities for the entire group.